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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An arrest was made Wednesday in a murder spree that terrorized shopkeepers in Brooklyn.

A Staten Island man, identified as 63-year-old Salvatore Perrone, was charged with three counts of second-degree murder in the killings of three shopkeepers over the last four months. Perrone had a blank expression on his face and ignored questions shouted by reporters as he was lead out of the police borough command on Wednesday night.

Ballistics tests have matched up the sawed-off rifle found in Perrone’s duffel bag as the same weapon used in all three shopkeeper murders, sources told WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell.

Inside the bag, police also found women’s stockings, black gloves, a laser scope and two knives, CBS 2’s Kathryn Brown reported. One of the knives had stains that appeared to be blood, 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa reported.

John Doe with duffle bag. (credit: NYPD)

Perrone was previously arrested in 2001 in Pennsylvania, accused of burglary and stalking an ex-girlfriend. Perrone, who will turn 64 on Thanksgiving Day, will likely spend the holiday behind bars.

All three victims were of Middle Eastern descent and all shop owners who were working alone in their stores when they were killed. Police said the killings have not been determined to be bias crimes at this time.